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Fictitious Fictional |
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Not that this really figures much into the overall landscape of this record but 7/10th's of the songs are written in the first person perspective… one instrumental, a second and third person… trivial and insignificant yet I felt compelled to gloss over the lyrics before moving onto the music at hand. Observance, thus the overriding theme, and based upon serious subject matter, often personal, precocious, never preachy, sometimes dark. Fictional is an introspective foray for Gerrit Thomas, known for his work with such acts as Funker Vogt and Ravenous, and "Fictitious," an album first completed a couple years back but never reached the finish line with the fallout of their original label and thus "Fictitious" (+) was created, a melodic bridgework of sound, smoothing over illuminous astral tones and furnished with continual bits, bumps and blips in the road to give it that extra dance-floor firepower. Along with Thomas, the record features the addition of Kai Schmidt, responsible for the forlorn lyrical content and the moody vocals of Jason Bainbridge, in taking the project onto another level that's sure to stir up more than its share of excitement in the interim that another new recording nears completion. The transient beats and midnight echo soon capture your imagination placing you quickly into the night with a stirring resonance, tech-heavy and Gothically-inspired-"Blue Lights," "Your Dream," and "On Helloween," all of which shudder, shake and shine with the combined elements of electro-industrial patterns, swift beats and shadowy arrangements-Depeche Mode crossed with modernist experimentalism splashed with an extra ounce of moonlit pale, Ravenous and unbridled. Adorned with new artwork and two live bonus tracks, fans will leave off with a taste of the past while honing in on the future plotted and laid forth when the final notes of "Future" drift off into the evening sky… Released by Metropolis Records Metropolis Records PO Box 54307
Philadelphia PA 19105 Review by Vinnie Apicella [va85@columbia.edu] |